If you accidentally overslept today, you can blame the problem on Apple. And Apple will back you up on it.

As it turns out, Apple is being flooded with thousands of complaints from users that their alarm clock feature (on the iPhone 4 and earlier models with software updates) is malfunctioning, particularly with regard to non-recurring alarms. This weekend Apple has not only acknowledged the problem, but promised a automatic alarm fix for the bug beginning tomorrow, January 3, 2011.

We're aware of an issue related to non-repeating alarms set for January 1 or 2. Customers can set recurring alarms for those dates and all alarms will work properly beginning January 3.

This latest alarm clock glitch is eerily reminiscent of a similar bug that took aim at the alarm clock feature after Daylight Saving Time this past fall. Shortly before that issue, in September folks in Australia and New Zealand also began widely reporting that their iPhone alarms would sound an hour early.

From last fall until today, message boards across the blogosphere have filled with complaints from people whose lives were propelled into turmoil as a result of being late for work, missing flights and other time-sensitive commitments. Thankfully, according to Apple, the snooze button on this bug has been officially whacked and the iPhone alarm clock should function normally beginning Monday morning.

I didn't like apple's alarm in iphone from the start! it has ugly ringtones and i don't feel like searching for a better ringtone to wake me up. so i just depend on my sister's mytouch with its sweet tune

I have a plug-in alarm, one that runs on batteries, and the iPhone alarm is just a bonus. Although the past few mornings I have wondered why I didn't fumble in the dark, randomly trying to swipe the screen to make the annoyance go away...

Apple can make one of the best phones this world has seen along with superb desktops, laptops, tablets etc, but they cant for the life of them make a (you need to use a better selection of words) alarm clock that can work properly.

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Well, you just never would think that alarm clock software is buggy on phones. Yeah, yeah, use a real alarm clock. But I use the iPhone exclusively because it's way easier to set, adjust, manage, etc than an OG alarm clock. Poo on Apple!

Idk if this is what you meant but you can go and make and buy your own ringtones in iTunes! Just google how to make your own ringtones, or there's also apps in the App Store for free that teaches you! If you already knew that I'm sorry... But it's on the new iPod touch and iPhones! Idk which iPhones it's on though!

Out of your quote you could argue that if the camera feature of the phone doesn't work you always have normal digi cam with you... so why do you have a camera in the phone in the first place?!

I'm in full agreement. I have a backup in my room just in case (not this morning because I was house sitting for a friend, and I got screwed too on this bug), but I shouldn't need a backup. This is an iDevice and I expect it to be reliable on functions that have to do with activities of daily living.

I was pretty forgiving the first time this happened at daylight savings time, but I really need to be able to trust my alarm clocks, no matter what they're made out of.

EDIT: And if this holds up a jailbreak, I'm going to run a school bus off the road. You heard me.

To those that think it's dumb to use your idevice as an alarm: why shouldn't you be able to rely on a $600 device (that can play sounds at specific times) to simply play a tune to wake you up? I am a deep sleeper and my iPhone(s) have never failed to wake me up. The ol "get an alarm clock" went out the window in the year 2000.